YouTube Video from “Just Have a Think” discussing Solar PV Waste and what can be done to keep it out of the ground.
Amazon to install up to 41 MW of on-site solar in the U.S. by the end of 2017
March 3, 2017 Christian Roselund, PV-Magazine.com Yesterday Amazon announced a new initiative to install solar PV at its fulfillment centers, with plans to deploy PV systems at 50 centers around the world by 2020. As the first step, the company says that it will install PV on 15 fulfillment centers in the United States by the end of 2017, with…
Will Fossil Fuels And Conventional Cars Be Obsolete By 2030?
Rapidly falling prices of renewable energy are not just transforming the energy markets but disrupting them. Frank Rijsberman, Director-General, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Huffington Post In 2016, solar power became the cheapest form of energy in 58 lower income countries, including China India and Brazil. In Europe, in 2016, 86% of the newly installed energy capacity was from…
This Boat Will Make Its Own Fuel on a Round-the-World Voyage
Bonnie Christian, February 20, 2017, wired.co.uk Remember Solar Impulse 2, the solar-powered plane that circumnavigated the world in July 2016? This could be the ocean-going equivalent. In a bid to prove the effectiveness of hydrogen as a renewable fuel, Victorien Erussard and Jérôme Delafosse will sail around the world in a boat powered by the gas – made from the…
Solar power and electric cars could halt fossil fuels by 2020
By Karen Graham 6 hours ago in Environment Digital Journal Fossil fuels will soon be a thing of the past as renewable energy sources are being embraced globally and the technologies behind electric cars, solar and wind power make them less costly to consumers. The coal and oil industries are seriously underestimating the impact the renewable energy industry…
Las Vegas’s city government is now powered by 100% renewable energy, and more cities will follow
Michael J. Coren, December 19, 2016, Quartz Media Ten years of effort finally paid off for Las Vegas this week when officials announced the city government will now be powered entirely by renewable energy. After a large solar array, Boulder Solar 1, came online on Dec. 12, the city was able to buy enough carbon-free electricity to power its 140…
Tesla outfits island with over 5,300 solar panels
Island in the sun There are challenges to living on a remote island – from food scarcity to destructive weather – and the lack of affordable, reliable power is among the greatest. The island of Ta’u in American Samoa, located more than 4,000 miles from the West Coast of the United States, is no stranger to power rationing and outages….
New map shows the solar potential of Calgary roofs
Calgarycitynews.com, Nov 2, 2016 Wondering about the potential amount of sunshine on your home’s roof and how it compares to other homes? Check out the Solar Potential Map to find out! In today’s world, data is power and in the case of the new Solar Potential Map released on The City’s Map Gallery, solar data can help Calgarians make some…
Tesla unveils integrated ‘solar roof and Powerwall 2’
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, Oct 28, 2016 We were live at Universal Studios in Los Angeles today for Tesla’s unveiling of its new integrated energy solution with ‘solar roof and Powerwall’. For the event, Tesla and SolarCity retrofitted with the new solar roof solutions a bunch of houses used for film and tv sets by Universal Studios. The company surprised everyone…
Everything you want to know about solar energy
Solar Basics by the US Energy Information Administration Energy from the sun The sun has produced energy for billions of years. The energy in the sun’s rays that reaches the earth (solar radiation) can be converted into heat and electricity. Radiant energy from the sun has powered life on earth for many millions of years. Source: NASA In the 1830s,…